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The Simpsons recently struck a chord with former Smiths frontman Morrissey, whose manager Peter Katsis chewed out the long-running Fox animated series for “trying to capitalize on cheap controversy and expounding on vicious rumors.” Late Sunday evening, Katsis shared a lengthy post on the singer’s official Facebook…

The Simpsons animator, character layout artist and assistant director Edwin E. Aguilar died in Los Angeles on Saturday, two days after having a stroke. He was 46. While the news of Aguilar’s passing was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, it was also noted on Sunday by The Simpsons executive producer, Matt…

On Monday’s episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria apologized for participating in “structural racism,” via his longtime portrayal of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. While the Emmy winner continues to voice other parts on the Fox comedy, including Moe Szyslak, and gave voice to Apu from his…

¡Ay, caramba! The longest-running primetime scripted series in television history keeps carrying on. Fox has renewed Emmy-winning The Simpsons for its 33rd and 34th seasons, taking the series to 2023 and a total of 757 episodes, both new records. “Woo Hoo! With any luck the show will soon be older than I am," noted…

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has spoken out about the Fox show’s decision in 2020 to stop white actors voicing characters from other ethnic backgrounds. Days after it was confirmed that Simpsons vet Harry Shearer had been replaced by voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson in the role of Dr. Julius Hibbert…

Last June, The Simpsons announced that white actors would no longer be voicing Black characters on the show, and now Harry Shearer has been replaced by veteran voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson in the role of Dr. Julius Hibbert, Deadline has confirmed. Shearer had been the voice of Dr. Hibbert since the character’s…

On Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons titled “Diary Queen”, the audience gets treated to a visit from a familiar face — and voice that became iconic in the long-running Fox animated series. In the episode, Bart stumbles upon the diary of Edna Krabappel, who was voiced by the late, great Marcia Wallace, who won an…

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is under fire for taking a trip to Cancun while his Texas constituents are suffering from a lack of electricity, heat and water. Cruz is catching it from the internet community for that conduct, which has led to a flood of memes and the resurrection of an episode of The Simpsons that may…

Veteran comedy showrunner David Richardson passed away today, Jan. 18, from heart failure. He celebrated his 65th birthday on Christmas Eve. Richardson had recently wrapped the upcoming fifth and final season of Netflix's adult animated series F Is for Family, on which he served as executive producer. A nearly 30-year…

NBC’s Sunday Night Football ruled the night Sunday with the Pittsburgh-Buffalo game delivering a 3.9 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 14.18 million viewers, with the Bills’ 26-15 victory in the meeting of two of the NFL’s top teams up a tenth early numbers from last week’s game between Denver and Kansas City. As…

The 60 Minutes interview with former President Barack Obama earned a 2.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 12.38 million viewers on Sunday, the latest ratings success for the newsmagazine after last month’s sit-down (and stand up and leave) with President Donald Trump. The interview was the most-watched…

Fox welcomed back its Sunday night animation block after its World Series run with The Simpsons getting a healthy boost from the network’s coverage of the San Francisco 49ers-Seattle Seahawks game leading into primetime. The long-running animated series aired its 31st “Treehouse of Horror” episode, which delivered a…